Knutsford City Limits (Gravel) Event Details| Audax UK - The Long Distance Cyclists' Association

Knutsford City Limits (Gravel) Crewe Brandon Edgeley

150Km

Summary

174Km cycling event starting from Crewe.

Controls at

Marbury Park
Congleton
Crewe
Plus 3 information controls

E-Brevet permitted.

Description

A multi-surface event using a variety of mixed surfaces (roads, bridleways, canal towpaths, forest tracks etc). The event is suitable for riders with some off-road experience and a suitable bike*.
A 175km, extended version of last year's very successful inaugural event to make an interesting and challenging day out. The route starts in Crewe which has great transport links (train station, close to the M6 etc). An outdoor, car park style start with free tea / coffee at the start, we finish near a McDonalds, there are no manned controls including the finish as I intend to be riding myself on the day. Postal finish if you want your stamped card back, alternatively you can just use the E-Brevet if you don't want your card back. The route is over 1/3 off road and takes in several decent lengths of off-road sections including the River Weaver path, Marbury Park, the Trans Pennine Trail, Tatton Park, The Biddulph Way, Whitfield Valley Nature Park, the Stoke on Trent canal network plus much, much more. A GPX is supplied but no routesheet (you can either make your own by downloading the route from RidewithGPC as a .csv file or take a map and mark the route with highlighter if you are a non-gps user). E-Brevet will be available. 12.5km minimum speed gives 14 hours to get around.
*In theory any bike will get around but ideally a tourer or gravel / adventure type bike with tyres 35mm and upwards with some form of tread pattern are is likely to be your best choice to balance speed and grip on a variety of surfaces. The route is likely to be rocky, muddy and slippery in places. There are a variety of road surfaces from mud, stony, loose gravel, hard packed gravel, forest paths, canal towpaths potholed strewn roads and it even features super smooth tarmac in places.

The provisional route can be seen here - https://ridewithgps.com/routes/43526391